August 20, 2009
Canada Line roundup: even more pics and video, and passport stamp info!
Some more tidbits about the Canada Line! Even more photos, video, and stories to read Tafyrn and Seamora Palecloud, who have been documenting the…
August 19, 2009
Guest post: Vancouver Transit and Art
Here's a lovely change of pace from all the Canada Line stuff. This is a guest post by Jason Vanderhill, who is an avid artist and photographer, as…
August 19, 2009
Canada Line roundup: more pics + video, and Waterfront Station opening info
There are many tidbits about Canada Line coming in today, so I thought I would put them together in one big post. More photos and video As the…
August 18, 2009
First official Canada Line service day numbers! Plus how to work the new ticket machines
It's Canada Line's first official service day! So far, we've had 9,000 trips between 5 to 9:30 a.m., then up to 23,000 by 12:40 p.m. and 33,000 by…
August 18, 2009
Photo and video of Canada Line opening day
Whoosh --- Canada Line's opening day is over! And several readers have emailed in some terrific photos and video of the huge event for everyone to…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: Yaletown, Vancouver City Centre, Broadway-City Hall
So as the subject line indicates, the tail end of my evening was spent at 3 stations. I rode another busy train to Yaletown-Roundhouse, where I was…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: 7pm cutoff at selected stations
Our media team has just sent out the following announcement: As of 7pm, we will cap the lines at certain stations: anyone not in line at those…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: King Edward and Lansdowne
First: the bonus stamp for passports can be found at Lansdowne!!! There are two stamps at the station. People have been asking! All right, back to…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: lineups and wait times
Today's opening event has proved very popular (43,000 people so far!), and the crowds outside stations in downtown Vancouver, Richmond and YVR are…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: Langara and Oakridge
I went down to visit Langara and Oakridge stations from about 3 to 4pm. Lineups are relatively short here: everyone seems to be getting on the…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: 1pm, all systems go
I was at Waterfront for the 1pm opening of the Canada Line! About 30 really excited people hopped on the line there, and as we went to the other…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: first train!
The Buzzer is blogging (and Tweeting) via BlackBerry from the Canada Line opening all day today! See the full opening event schedule here, and share…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: YVR breakfast
The Buzzer is blogging (and Tweeting) via BlackBerry from the Canada Line opening all day today! See the full opening event schedule here, and share…
August 17, 2009
Share your Canada Line opening day or first-ride stories here!
The Canada Line opens today with free rides from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., and this post is for you to share your opening day stories! Feel free to put…
August 14, 2009
Friday fun post on hold until next week
Just a quick note to say I'm postponing the Friday fun post until next week. I'd like to keep the Canada Line stuff on the top of the blog for easy…